Trains – electric, steam, elegant and shabby. Super fast and unbearably slow. Right next to the food, number one on the list of travelling experience. In China, I seriously consider my future as an engine driver of the world’s fastest train. 350 km/h. This is the speed!

The meters of Sri Lankan trains do not even reach 100 km/h. Doors and windows of the third class are always open. Hardly anyone is sitting. Adults, children, locals, tourists, men and women – everyone is trying to snatch a piece of the landscape outside the window. The further to south, the colder and greener. Welcome to the Tea Kingdom!